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Jim Rohn is a famous American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author. He was one of the first to use the term “personal development” and is often considered a self-help guru who had an immense impact on many people’s lives. He often says that “success is the result of consistent action.”
He was born in Yakima in 1930. His father was a teacher, and both his parents were conservative. At the age of 9, his parents decided to send him to military school because they wanted him to be disciplined and disciplined; people tend to do better in life than those who are not.
Rohn later attended college after being drafted into World War II at the age of 18, but he dropped out before finishing his degree when he joined the U.S Army Air Corps as a pilot in 1943. After dropping out of college, he traveled around the country searching for answers on achieving success on life’s journey.
His most motivational quotes are here for you to read, work hard, and never give up no matter how impossible the situation may seem!
79 Most Inspiring Jim Rohn Quotes
“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.”
“Success is not to be pursued, it is to be attracted by the person you become.”
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment”
“The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized.”
“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day.”
“Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.”
“Poor people spend their money and save what’s left, rich people save their money and spend what’s left.”
“Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you got.”
“If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.”
“Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.”
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.”
“The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.”
“Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.”
“The more you care, the stronger you can be.”
“Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”
“The stronger the why, the easier the how becomes.”
“One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of your attention.”
“Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.”
“Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.”
“Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.”
“For every disciplined effort, there is a multiple reward.”
“Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.”
“Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.”
“When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.”
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
“Don’t wish it was easier wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom”
“Take interest and even delight in doing the small things well.”
“Be fascinated instead of frustrated.”
“When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it.”
“Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.”
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”
“If you don’t sow, you don’t reap. You don’t even have a chance.”
“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”
“If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
“You cannot make progress without making decisions.”
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
“The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.”
“Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got.”
“What you become is far more important than what you get.”
“You cannot change your destination overnight but you can change your direction overnight.”
“If you will be faithful to a few things, you will someday become the ruler over many things.”
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”
“The only way it gets better for you is when you get better. Better is not something you wish, it’s something you become.”
“I used to blame everything outside of me for my lack of progress until I found that my problem was inside.”
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
“Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.”
“You must be careful not to let your current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast.”
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.”
“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”
“If you don’t like how things are, change it. You are not a tree.”
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
“We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.”
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”
“If you grow, everything grows for you.”
“Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.”
“Few key things that make a difference, once identified, spend major time on these things.”
“Don’t shortchange yourself when it comes to investing in your own better future.”
“For things to change, you have to change.”
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan, and guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
“The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.”
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
“Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.”
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”
“No one else “makes us angry.” We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude.”
“Every day, stand guard at the door of your mind.”
“Don’t spend major time on minor things.”
“You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.”
“The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized — never knowing.”
“All leaders are readers.”
“Start reading, and especially read the kinds of books that will help you unleash your inner potential.”
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
“What you become is far more important than what you get.”
“You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.”
“Living life in style also means living a life of balance.”
“Life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
